India Used Abroad – Indonesia: 1857 (7 March). Folded complete entire from Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) to Bushire franked with 4a. Head III Frame II QV head tied by killer handstamp, BANDREAS & C0 / BATAVIA oval merchant cachet and red 15 April BOMBAY PAID datestamp. Reverse 8 April Bombay cds and by manuscript Received 6 April /57. Four large margins but folding crease on bottom half of the stamp. Very scarce early mail between Indonesia and Persia. A. Malcolm probably the father of Leo Malcolm who made the Bushire-Under-British-Occupation stamps in 1915
